The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20

IAh MONIMENIs
LoGANsPoRT, July Is Especial The
monument was unveiled amid the shouts
of fully 10000 admirers OF our departed
heroes. United States Senator David S.
Turpie and Gen. William H. Gibson de-
llvered thrilling addresses, counting in a
most touching manner the hardships en-
dured by the Indiana soldiers during the
war.
Those who participated in he exercises
inc luGed many of the country's greatest
m ilitaIy heroes, and the affair was one OF
which Gass County may justly fee
proud. From 6 o'clock in the
the streets were full OF strangers and citi-
zens of high and low degree. They came
from all over Indiana and from every
other State to witness the grand demon
stratien. At precisely the hour
of IL O'Clock the grand professions
was formed on Fourth and Broadway
and marched through the streets
amid the strains of delightful music from
tremendous bands and the hearty cheers
from thousand throats. The procession
was formed in seven divisions: First
Military. Second - Patriarchs Militant.
Third Knights of Pythias. Fourth
Artillery. Fifth - Knights Templar.
Sixth-Visitors IN carriages. Seventh
Grand Army Posts. There are fully
in the city and sc, 900 strangers. The fol-
lowing Grand Army posts we're present:
Monticello, Remington, Brooktol, Vim
oennes, Star City, Fulton, Kewanna, Rlch-
ester, Marion, Walton, Royal Centre. Wa.
verify, Galveston, Deer Greek, Delphi, ko-
komo, Wabash, South Band and Lafayette.
There is also number of artillery batter
les here.
The following letter, received from Hon.
d. W. Voorhees,, was read at the grand
stand, and its reading was cheered to the
echo:
GENTLEMEN:-I have so anxiously desired
| to be present at the unwilling of your monu-
| ment in honor of the dead soldiers Of Cass
| County that have postponed my answer
TO your Invitation until this last NOM snt.
To my very deep regret 1 find l can
not be there. Others will address you with
more elcquence and in better thiems than
L could employ, but there is no heart in
Indiana that beats more responsive to your
noble purpose than mine. The SOldeti OF
e 5na1 $500 ssT1aS
battle field for the Union; and wherever
the flag with its stars and stripes of glory
was displayed there they rallied and up
| held it. When the dead and wounded of
the great battles of the war were gathered
up and cared for, Indiana soldiers were
found at the front, and where danger and
/ nOAfOI WClC oAAhO bhC EAOhSCobs ANlOASO
that monument 10 the memory
| of those who fell to rise
no more has been erected
in your beautiful city on the banks of the
beautiful Wabash. They fell in the
bright morning OF their lives, FIR the Con-
stituti0n, the laws and the union of the
| States. They gave mp this world with its
sunshine. stormy heavens and all its un-
/ folding glories, in order that the govern
ment should remain as our fathers mi1e
| it. They tore themselves away fro m
weeping kindred, from mothers, wife, Sis
tiers, and all whom the heart holds dear.
They gave up home with all the
/ which cling 10 that hallowed spot and
went down into the valley aud shadow of
| death in order that perpetuity and per-
/ manent peace might bless, in all the
coming ages, the united American Rspub-
| lie. No memorial honors can be too great,
no monumental shafts too high, for the
heroic dead who thus died; nor can any
records or benefactions be too muni6cent
for those who survived and came back to us
| from their baptism of blood and fire. Let the
American people, therefore, as much in a
spirit of justice and generosity unvail mon
uments of brass and marble to the soldiers
| who persisted and at the same time pro-
vides law literally and mantully, for the
support and comfort .of those who sur
tered. The names of nearly $1,000
Indiana soldiers, together with the
widows and fathers, upon the pension
rolls at Indianapolis, and every dollar
OF the millions they receive is q just tribute
on the part OF the government, to the pa
triotism, courage and suffering of those,
who, in the,time of its extremity, proffered
their lives for its preservation. That pen.
sion roll at Indianapolis. more prompt
ly, paid by that Indiana veteran-Col.
Zollinger-than any other roll in the Unit
ed States, and including in station and
discussions every day, is itself, 8
mighty monument to the soldier and
worthy of remembrance and mention
whenever and wherever Indiana soldiers
are honored.
Again expressing my regret that caunot
be with you. am, with great respect, your
friend and fellow citizen,
ID. w. VooHEEs.
This grand demonstration was concluded
tonight with grand battle between the
gunboats and forts on Eel River, and q